Beijing Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/beijing/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Tue, 28 Dec 2021 02:22:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Beijing Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/beijing/ 32 32 59910430 Letter of Commendation to US Ambassador for Support of Detained Human Rights Attorneys https://concernedscientists.org/2015/12/letter-of-commendation-to-us-ambassador-for-support-of-detained-human-rights-attorneys-in-china/ Fri, 18 Dec 2015 21:10:07 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4695 The Committee of Concerned Scientists wrote a letter to commend the US Ambassador to China, The Honorable Max Baucus, for taking a position and making a public statement in support of the detained Human Rights attorneys in China.  Specifically, he mentioned the two attorneys for whom we have advocated in the past – Wang Yu […]

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]]> 4695 Ilham Tohti Requesting Legal Counsel for Appeal of His Case https://concernedscientists.org/2015/10/ilham-tohti-requesting-legal-counsel-for-appeal-of-his-case/ Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:09:52 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4547 Ilham Tohti has called on his family to engage lawyers and lodge an appeal for him through the Chinese judicial system. Tohti was arrested on July 30, 2014 and charged, after a period of detention, with separatism, which he denies. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Tohti was a Professor at Central […]

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]]> 4547 Nephew of Chinese Lawyer and Activist Chen Released from Prison https://concernedscientists.org/2015/09/good-news-nephew-of-chinese-lawyer-and-activist-chen-released-from-prison/ Tue, 22 Sep 2015 13:00:42 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4478 The nephew of the blind lawyer and activist Chen Guangcheng, who was arrested following his uncle’s escape from illegal detention, was released from prison on Wednesday, September 16, 2015. Chen Kegui was released after serving a three-year, three-month sentence that was widely seen as retribution for his uncle’s daring escape from house arrest. Chen said in an […]

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]]> 4478 Good News: Beijing Releases Chinese Scholar Who Helped Lawyer-Activist Chen Flee https://concernedscientists.org/2015/09/good-news-beijing-releases-chinese-scholar-who-helped-lawyer-activist-chen-flee/ Mon, 21 Sep 2015 21:12:26 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4486 Guo Yushan, the Chinese scholar who assisted the lawyer and activist Chen Guangcheng flee from illegal detention was released from prison on September 14, 2015, according to his lawyer, Li Jin. Jin said that she did not know why Guo was released or if there was any link to Xi Jinping’s United States visit. Related […]

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]]> 4486 CCS Joins International Outcry At Life Sentence for Ilham Tohti https://concernedscientists.org/2014/09/ccs-joins-international-outcry-at-life-sentence-for-ilham-tohti/ Mon, 29 Sep 2014 22:12:10 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3642 After a two-day trial closed to the public, Professor Ilham Tohti, an advocate for China’s Uighur minority, was sentenced to life in prison for “separatism,” a charge he denies. In addition, the court ordered all of his assets confiscated, leaving his family in severe economic distress. The trial appears to have denied him an opportunity […]

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]]> 3642 Ilham Tohti, Arrested in January Now Charged with Separatism https://concernedscientists.org/2014/08/ilham-tohti-arrested-in-january-now-charged-with-separatism/ Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:51:45 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3543 On July 30, prosecutors announced online that Ilham Tohti, a professor at Central Minorities University in Beijing, had been formally charged with separatism, a crime which carries a potential death penalty. Tohti, an economics professor of economics and advocate for the rights of the Chinese Uighur minority, was arrested on January 15, 2014 and held incommunicado […]

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]]> 3543 Uyghur Linguist’s Whereabouts Unknown Since Arrest for Attempt to Teach Language https://concernedscientists.org/2014/06/uyghur-linguists-attempt-to-teach-language-leads-to-his-disappearance-for-nearly-a-year/ Fri, 06 Jun 2014 22:33:13 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3436 Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur linguist and graduate of University of Kansas, hoped to open a kindergarten to promote education in Uyghurs native language. When he and his associates attempted to raise funds for this venture, they were arrested for “illegally fundraising.” Relatives of Ayup have no information as to his whereabouts, even though they heard […]

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]]> 3436 Jailed Uyghur Professor’s Family in Beijing Is Harassed by Police, Daughter Testifies https://concernedscientists.org/2014/04/jailed-uyghur-professors-family-in-beijing-is-harassed-by-police-daughter-testifies/ Wed, 23 Apr 2014 21:00:33 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3277 The wife of Ilham Tohti, who was arrested and charged with separatism (see our letter), cannot access his bank account since his arrest, Tohti’s daughter told the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. Tohti’s young children are traumatized by police harassment, she said, especially after witnessing mistreatment of her father. CCS urges authorities to end to restrictions […]

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